 MIPS zero register (source code)

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= MIPS zero register
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Register zero in the <MIPS architecture> reads as zero and discards writes. An implementation can omit its data storage, hardwire its read output to zero and suppress its write selection. This property permits using zero as a <write-suppression destination> without changing the visible register values.

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